Resident Evil. September 26, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Buckland, Canon 24mm f/3.5 L tilt-shift lens, Elliot, fall colors, invasive species, tilt-shift photography, virginia creeper
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On my way through Buckland today (yeah, the Lion’s Mane Buckland) I rounded a bend in the road to see a startling splash of color leaping skyward.
Of course, I slapped on the binders and pulled off the road to investigate.
It turned out to be an infestation of Virginia creeper, an invasive vine which I spend countless hours trying to keep out of our trees and lawn, though I know it will still be there long after I’m dead.
Oh well.
Anyway, the drizzle and gloom which make sane folks want to stick their head in an oven are like Mana form Heaven to us crazy photographers, saturating (literally) scenes with intense colors and an immediacy which is otherwise rare.
I assembled a tripod and umbrella and affixed Elliot to the box with six degrees of swing to snag this shot:
The swing gave me tack-sharp elements from center foreground through the distant right edge of this image, passing through the Main Event along the way. And a hand-held graduated ND filter allowed me to expose for the beautiful variety of ferns in the foreground without blowing out the sky.
For all of its negatives, Virginia creeper is dependably brilliant in its fall coloration, for which I appreciate it.
Thanks to Elliot for snagging this one.
New England Asters. September 27, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: asters, autumn colors, Canon TS-EII 24mm f2.8 IS USM L, Elliot, tilt-shift photography, virginia creeper, Windsor
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Just as the local goldenrod fades to golden brown, the New England asters kick it down for a little late-summer color:
Our local asters come in a variety of colors including some wonderfully prolific lavender and white ones, but this intensely magenta variation really floats my boat.
Another seasonal standout, albeit invasive to some degree, is the Virginia creeper which has gotten overly comfortable in these parts:
Its intense autumn reds nearly pardon it for smothering its host trees, as it did to this little specimen in Windsor.
Thanks to Elliot for his fine work, most evident in the first shot, where there’s good depth-of-field despite the stiff breezes of the season.
Ruby Tuesday. October 7, 2008
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature, Ruby Tuesday!.Tags: hoosic river, Ruby Tuesday!, virginia creeper
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Because it’s Ruby:
And it’s Tuesday!
H/T to The Pagan Sphinx for hooking me up with this series, which she found over at Work of the Poet.
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